“I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You had to play a stereotype, because very attractive women were not supposed to be funny - because it's powerful; it's a threat.”
“When I was 9 or 10, I had a ten-cent business: I would walk your dog for a dime, go to the store for a dime, empty your garbage for a dime - and then I could use the money to buy tricks at the magic store.”
“Many times I sit back and say, 'I can't believe that this is my life!' Other times, I feel self-satisfied. I mean, there's a lot to be proud and thankful for but, nonetheless, it's just a life!”
“I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.”
“I never officially came out in any kind of really public way. I just always lived very simply and openly, but the press has never made a big fuss about me or said anything to me.”
“I especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that.”
“I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.”
“If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.”
“I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.”
“I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.”